2015年CRI 法律专家辩论引渡美国牙医到津巴布韦受审的可能性

 

Legal observers have begun weighing-in on Zimbabwe's attempt to have an American man extradited back to the country to face charges connected to the killing¹ of a famous lion.

The government of Zimbabwe has formally asked the United States to send Walter Palmer back to the country to face poaching-related charges.

He's the US dentist who shot and killed 'Cecil' the lion while on a paid safari².

Professor Jens David Ohlin with the Cornell School of Law says Palmer's extradition³ to face charges in Zimbabwe isn't set-in-stone.

"If it's a crime in Zimbabwe and the allegations also constitute a crime in the United States and it's considered a sufficiently⁴ grave crime, and that means something that could be punished by at least a year in prison, then a formal extradition request could be considered. But just because and extradition request is sent from Zimbabwe doesn't necessarily mean the United States will grant it."

US officials are also obligated to conduct a legal review to determine whether or not the crime he's been charged with is a crime in both countries.

If not, Palmer has grounds to avoid being sent back to Zimbabwe to face the charges.

He's accused of violating Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Act for killing 'Cecil' in an illegal hunt.

The dentist claims he was told by his safari organizers that his hunt was perfectly⁵ legal.

Palmer killed the animal in early July as part of an organized hunt, for which he reportedly paid 50-thousand US dollars.

'Cecil' was considered one of Zimbabwe's most famous lions, and was collared for a study when he was killed.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 safari   

n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队

参考例句：

• When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
• They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

3 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

4 sufficiently   

adv.足够地，充分地

参考例句：

• It turned out he had not insured the house sufficiently.原来他没有给房屋投足保险。
• The new policy was sufficiently elastic to accommodate both views.新政策充分灵活地适用两种观点。

5 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。